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Wicked Wilmington, Delaware

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About Wicked Wilmington, Delaware

Take a journey through crime and vice in twentieth-century Wilmington, from a Tatnall Street bawdy house to the corporate boardrooms of the DuPont Company. Visit the old New Castle County Workhouse, scene of a break-in by a lynch mob and the daring escape of a notorious murderer. A police chief trying to keep his corrupt practices under wraps, agents raiding political headquarters and a detective murdered on the street were all part of city life in the early twentieth century. In later years, stories of a professional killer pleading self-defense, hiding his connections to a mobbed-up Teamsters boss, and runaway lovers caught up in an international extortion scheme show the city''s darker side. Local historian Kevin McGonegal chronicles tales of Wilmington''s infamous past.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781540248763
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 162
  • Published:
  • July 25, 2021
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x11 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 386 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 14, 2024

Description of Wicked Wilmington, Delaware

Take a journey through crime and vice in twentieth-century Wilmington, from a Tatnall Street bawdy house to the corporate boardrooms of the DuPont Company. Visit the old New Castle County Workhouse, scene of a break-in by a lynch mob and the daring escape of a notorious murderer. A police chief trying to keep his corrupt practices under wraps, agents raiding political headquarters and a detective murdered on the street were all part of city life in the early twentieth century. In later years, stories of a professional killer pleading self-defense, hiding his connections to a mobbed-up Teamsters boss, and runaway lovers caught up in an international extortion scheme show the city''s darker side. Local historian Kevin McGonegal chronicles tales of Wilmington''s infamous past.

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